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http://dx.doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2017.33.6.689

Physicochemical and Adsorptive Properties of Black Carbon for Radioactive Cesium under Various Combustion Conditions and Tree Species  

Jeon, Sodam (Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Choung, Sungwook (Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Han, Weon Shik (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Jang, Kyoung-Soon (Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Shin, Woosik (Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Hwang, Jeonghwan (Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment / v.33, no.6, 2017 , pp. 689-695 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the physicochemical and adsorptive characteristics of black carbon (BC) materials for cesium in case of severe nuclear accidents. The BC was prepared with a xylem of oak and pine trees incompletely combusted with different ramp rate and final temperature. Carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atomic ratios, BET, pore structure, and zeta potential were characterized for the produced BC. A low cesium concentration ($C_w{\approx}10^{-7}M$) was used for sorption batch experiments. The H/C and O/C ratios of BC decreased with the increase of final temperature, which indicates a carbonization of the wood materials regardless of ramp rate and tree species. However, SEM images showed different pore structures depending on tree species such as steric and plate-like for oak-BC and pine-BC, respectively. The greatest sorption distribution coefficients of $K_{d,Cs}{\approx}1,200{\sim}1,800L\;kg^{-1}$ were observed for the oak-BC produced at $400^{\circ}C$, while comparatively low $K_{d,Cs}$ < $100L\;kg^{-1}$ for pine-BC. In addition, the sorption capabilities of BC declined with the increase of combustion temperature up to $600^{\circ}C$, because high temperature destroyed surface functionalities with the rise of ash components in the BC. Therefore, the sorption processes of BC for radioactive cesium are predominantly controlled by final production temperature of BC as well as raw materials (e.g., tree species).
Keywords
Black carbon; Nuclear Accident; Radioactive cesium; Sorption;
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